2 Samuel 23:15 (BSB)

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

From 2 Samuel 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:15

• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Samuel 23:15: And David longed, and said,.... It being harvest time, the summer season, and hot weather, and he thirsty: oh, that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! which he was well acquainted with, being his native place; and which might make it the more desirable, as well as its waters might be peculiarly cool...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 2 Samuel 23:15: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate! (i) Being overcome with weariness and thirst.
• Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on 2 Samuel 23:15: The water of the well of Bethlehem - This was David's city, and he knew the excellence of the water which was there; and being near the place, and parched with thirst, it was natural for him to wish for a draught of water out of that well.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 2 Samuel 23:8-39: 2Sa 23:8-39 The following list of David’s heroes we also find in 1 Chron 11:10-47, and expanded at the end by sixteen names (1Ch 11:41-47), and attached in 1Ch 11:10 to the account of the conquest of the fortress of Zion by the introduction of a special heading.